Heat-distributing device.



H. BOEHNKE. HEATmsmsunNG DEVICE.

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HEAT DISTRIBUTING DEVICE.

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HENRY BEHN, 0F tr al R, NORTH BOTA.

HEAT-DIST it. il BUTING DEVICE.

Specilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

Application filed March Ei, 1918. Serial No. 220,613.

To all 'whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BOEHNKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kramer, in the county of Bottineau and State of NorthDakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heat-Distributing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating systems of that type which employ whatis known as one-pipe heaters and the object of the invention is toprovide means whereby the hot air rising from the furnace may bedirected to either side when the force of strong winds tends to effectan unequal distribution of the heat. The object of the invention isattained in such a device as is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and the invention resides in certain novel features which willbe particularly pointed out in the claims following the det-aildescription.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of aheating system having my improvement embodied therein.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of the heat distributer.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 1indicates the floor dividing the rst story of a building from the cellarand 2 indicates a wall or partition erected on said oor. The furnace 3comprises a re pot -1 at the upper end of which is a radiator or drum 5from which the smoke pipe 6 leads to the chimney or escape flue. Theouter shell or casing of the furnace presents a cold air flue or passage7 which extends down to a point near the base of the furnace where itcommunicates with a hot air chamber or Hue 8 surrounding the lire boxand the drum 5 and extending up to the top of the casing or shell. Itwill be noted that the upper ends of both the cold air flue 7 and thehot air flue 8 are flush with the loor l and a register 9 is set in oron the floor over the said ues.

In the use of such a heater as has been briefly described, the hot airrises through the central portion of the register and escapes directlyinto the room from the furnace while the cold or chilled air is drawnfrom the room yinto the cold air Hue and again passes through thefurnace to be heated, the circulation thus set up serving to carry theheated air through the entire. building. It has been found that moreecient results are attained by locating the register in the verticalplane of a wall or partition and forming an opening, indicated at 10, inthe lower portion of the wall directly over the register so that the hotair may pass simultaneously into the rooms at opposite sides of thewall. Should a strong wind be blowing, however, the room exposeddirectly to the force of the wind will obviously need more heat than theroom on the far side of the wall, inasmuch as the draft tends to carryall heat into the far room. To overcome this tendency, I provide adeflecting device which is located in the opening 10 and may be shiftedto one or the other side as circumstances may require so that a greaterproportion of the hot air may be directed into the room requiringgreater heat. This heat distributer consists of Va plate 11 which may befaced with asbestos 12 and reinforced along its edges by a rim 13crimped onto the plate and its asbestos facing. This detlecting plate isprovided at its upper edge with suspending eyes 14 through which a hingepin 15 is inserted,

said pin being held within the trough of a V-shaped plate or hanger 16which is dis- `posed at the upper end of the opening 10 and has itsedges secured in any convenient manner to the opposite faces of the wall2 as shown. This plate 16 is provided with notches or openings 17 toreceive the eyes l-t and may be lined with asbestos 18 so as to minimizethe liability of damage to the wall, the asbestos or otherheat-resisting lining preventing scorching of the woodwork of thepartition and the ll-shaped structure of the hanger presenting divergingdeflecting surfaces which will positively turn aside the rising heatedcurrents so that they will not come into direct contact with the woodfinish of the wall or partition. Near the upper end of the delectingplate, I pivotally attach thereto an adjusting lever 19 which extendsthrough a loop or bracket 20 secured to the hanger 16, the lever beingprovided with a vseries of notches 2l adapted to engage the loop orbracket so as to hold the deiector in any position in which it may beset.

It is thought that the operation will be readily understood from theforegoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanyingdrawings. When the wind is quiet, the deflecting plate is disposed in avertical position so that it will lie in the central plane of thefurnace and will be midway the open'n 10, the heated currents being thendirectef equally into the rooms at the opposite side of the wall orpartition.

en, however, a strong wind is blowing, the delector is shifted, asindicated by dotted linesin Fig. 2, so that a greater proportion of heatwill be directed toward that side of the building against which the windmay be blowing. It has been found that by the use of the device in thestated manner .a very efficient and uniform distribution of the heat iseffected.

Furthermore, fuel is saved as the use of the device avoids the necessityof forcing the fire in order to make the more exposed room comfortable.

Having thus described myv invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a iioor, and a partltlon erected on the floorand having an opening through its lower portion immedi' i partitionerected on the floor and having an opening through its lower portionimmediately at the floor, said opening being uncovered at both sides, ofa register fitted in the ioor and extending through said opening in thepartition, a bracket secured to the incanto partition at the top of andextending through the opening therein and having a heat-resisting linina defiector ivotally hung on said brac et and depen ing centrallytherefrom and terminating short of the register, and means carried bythe bracket and the defiector for holding the deector in a set position.

3. rihe combination with a Hoor, and a partition erected on the Hoor andhaving an opening through its lower portion immediately at the floor,said opening being un covered at both sides, of a register fitted in thefloor and extending through the opening in the partition, a il-shapedbracket secured to the partition at the top of and extending through theopening therein, a deilector having eyes at its upper end extendingthrough said bracket, a pintle engaging said eyes and resting in thetrough of the bracket, the detiector depending to but terminatin shortof the register, and means for holding the deiiector in a set position.

4. The combination with a floor, and a partition erected on the floorand having an opening through its lower portion immediately at the Hoor,said opening being uncovered at both sides, of a register fitted in thedoor and extending through the opening in the partition and covering acentral hot air iue and a cold air flue disposed con'- centrically aboutthe hot air Hue, and a deflector pivotally hung at its upper edge uponthe partition and depending to but terminating short of the register.

In testimony whereof I aiiix m signature.

`HENRY BEHNK v[1a. s.]

